Call for nominations for the 2021 Free Media Awards
The Fritt Ord Foundation and The ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius hereby invite nominations of independent journalists, bloggers, Internet media and newspapers for the 2021 Free Media Awards.
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Record allocations from the Fritt Ord Foundation in 2020
Dear applicants, partners and others,
'Radiograph of a Family' won grand prize at the IDFA documentary film festival
It was a big evening for Norwegian documentary films yesterday: ‘Radiograph of a Family’ won the grand prize at the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA): The Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.
Two prizes awarded to the local newspaper Dølen for the investigative project ‘Rondablikksoga’
Fritt Ord congratulates Dølen on winning two prizes at Polaris Media’s annual awards ceremony, which was conducted in digital format on Wednesday, 25 November 2020.
Grants in response to applications for less than NOK 100 000 awarded in November 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated to include grants for ordinary project applications for less than NOK 100 000, Norwegian Journalism and additional grants in November 2020.
2020 Fritt Ord Foundation Prize to Deeyah Khan
PRESS RELEASE 9 November 2020
The 2020 Fritt Ord Foundation Prize is awarded to Deeyah Khan for her intrepid, methodical and innovative documentary films on extremism.
Report Launch Event: "Covering the Debate on Racism in Norwegian Media"
A media analysis of racism in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Year's Most Beautiful Book 2020: Terje Abusdal and Gösta Flemming
The Fritt Ord Foundation congratulates Terje Abusdal and Gösta Flemming on winning Grafill’s distinction ‘The Year’s Most Beautiful Book’.
Report: "Covering the Debate on Racism in Norwegian Media"
A media analysis of racism in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement.
International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Today, 2 November, marks the International Day to end Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
New anthology of texts about 22 July
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 22 July 2011, Fritt Ord and Foreningen !les are working together to make a free anthology featuring excerpts from books about 22 July.
Brage Prize nomination for "High. A travelogue from the Himalayas"
Erika Fatland’s book “High. A travelogue from the Himalayas” has been nominated in the category ‘factual prose’.
"Money and life" – Fritt Ord allocates MNOK 2.2 to literature programmes at public libraries
This past spring, Fritt Ord invited applications for grants of NOK 60 000 each for debates and discussions based on non-fiction and fiction literature on economics. The Foundation received 73 applications, and decided to award funding to 38 applicants.
A preview screening of the documentary film GRETA
Fritt Ord, NF Kino, Youth Strike for Climate, YMCA/YWCA, Spire, Nature and Youth, Changemaker, Eco-Agents, Differ Media and Tour de Force invites the public to a preview screening of the documentary film on Greta Thunberg.
Grants in response to applications for more than NOK 100 000 awarded in October 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of grants has been updated, adding grants in response to ordinary project applications for more than NOK 100 000, Norwegian Journalism and additional grants in September 2020.
Slottemo to write the Fritt Ord Foundation's history
PRESS RELEASE
Oslo, 23 October 2020
The Fritt Ord Foundation has engaged Hilde Gunn Slottemo (52), a professor of History, to pen the history of the Foundation’s first 50 years.